American author and poet Jack Kerouac contemplates a poem at the apartment of photographer McDarrah and his soontobe wife Gloria New York New York...
{"Image ImageDescription": "American author and poet Jack Kerouac (1922 - 1969) contemplates a poem at the apartment (304 W. 14th St.) of photographer McDarrah and his soon-to-be wife, Gloria (pasrtially seen at extreme right), New York, New York, December 10, 1959. The poem, written by Kerouac, along with other guests Albert Saijo and Lew Welch, was entitled 'This is a Poem by Albert Saijo, Lew Welch, and Jack Kerouac' (later published as 'Trip Trap'), and was based on the trio's journey from San Francisco to New York in Welch's car. (Photo by Fred W. McDarrah/MUUS Collection via Getty Images)"}